After watching Clash of the Choirs, Rhodé Marshall wonders if South Africans really need another local version of a US talent show on our screens.
The knives are out for Zwelinzima Vavi and bungles at the SABC could spell trouble for the public broadcaster. Watch the politics you need to know.
Opposition MPs on Parliament’s oversight committee have called for urgent intervention as trouble at the public broadcaster boiled over this week.
A major maize shortage has sent the price of maize meal spiralling in Zimbabwe, prompting traders to lobby government to consider importing GM maize.
Workers at Lonmin’s Saffy and Newman shafts in Marikana have stopped working in the largest single strike since the shooting at the mine last year.
The Free State has defended the more than R40-million allocated for its website revamp, saying the budget was assessed by the auditor general.
Manchester United must not obsess themselves with trying to stop Cristiano Ronaldo when he returns to Old Trafford with Real Madrid.
Gaza’s third international marathon has been cancelled after the ruling Hamas movement refused to allow women to run.
Kenya’s presidential hopeful Uhuru Kenyatta has opened an early lead as the country counts ballots.
Economists expect Nigeria, already the continent’s most populous nation and largest oil producer, to soon overtake South Africa in terms of GDP.